Borneo Campaign (1945) | |||||||
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Part of World War II | |||||||
A map showing the progress of the Borneo Campaign |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Australia United States Netherlands United Kingdom |
Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Douglas MacArthur |
Michiaki Kamada Baba Masao |
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Strength | |||||||
35,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,100 casualties
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10,000 |
Douglas MacArthur
Leslie Morshead
2,100 casualties
The Borneo Campaign of 1945 was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. In a series of amphibious assaults between 1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, under Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, attacked Imperial Japanese forces occupying the island. Allied naval and air forces, centred on the U.S. 7th Fleet under Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, the Australian First Tactical Air Force and the U.S. Thirteenth Air Force also played important roles in the campaign. They were resisted by Imperial Japanese Navy and Army forces in southern and eastern Borneo, under Vice-Admiral Michiaki Kamada, and in the north west by the Thirty-Seventh Army, led by Lieutenant-General Baba Masao.